Aesthetic, from Greek "αἰσθητικός", means "perceived by the senses".
In the coming hour, we will tune in with all the senses and integrate our experience into one holistic sense of embodied presence.
Enjoy the trip!
We'll get through:
- sense of time - sense of space - sense of touch - sense of smell - sense of taste - sense of sight - sense of sound
Let's get prepared:
- an hour of time - speaker, if you will use audio - and 3 more things:
Candle
Flower
Bowl of tea
And before we start:
- Breathe deep and smooth - Feel the touch of air on your upper lip
Take a deep breathe in -
hold for a minute
- and breath out.
Take a deep breathe in -
hold for 90 seconds
- and breath out.
Take a deep breathe in -
hold for 2 minutes
- and breath out.
T I M E
If not now, when?
Start moving
Slowly, Like a Seaweed
A Drop of ink Inside the glass of water
Remember Do it easy, with no tension
Don't stop until the end Keep going back to it ...
s p a c e
Presence is a state of inner spaciousness
Sit snugly
There is no need to keep a spine Like stick. Melt down your weight into the floor
Move slowly. Like a seaweed under water
Melt down the weight of head into the shoulders Shoulders melt into the chest and hands Chest into the belly Hands into the knees Knees and belly melt into the pelvis And further, to the floor
Keep melting And becoming lighter Every moment Every single breathe
Keep breathing Feel your weight as a whole!
Imagine axis between two ears What is the length of it?
Imagine thread. between the top and tailbone. How long is it?
Between your shoulders Between your knees
Imagine square between Iliacal bones and elbows
A square of collar bones and shoulder blades Imagine area of palms and feet together
Triangle between eyes and tip of the tongue
The size of one lung - and than another lung
Breathe in/breathe out with the entire skin Feel weight-size as a whole
Keep this sensation with you
T O U C H
When one is out of touch with oneself, one cannot touch others.
Please close your eyes
And touch the eyelids
Give them the lightest touch you ever can
Keep touching - make it even lighter Withdraw the weight of touch from the point to touching
Go with attention: elbow, shoulder, chest, center of body
Try different fingers Different parts of body
Use this quality while touching everything
Feel the air touching your skin
S M E L L
Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it
Please enjoy the smell of your flower!
I suggest you to breathe it:
- with the tip of the nose - with the middle - with the bottom - with the throat - with the chest - and with entire body
Feel Where the scent opens up in its entirety
And enjoy!
T A S T E
The only tastes worth having are acquired tastes
Take a sip
- Feel the sweetness at the tip of your tongue
- Bitterness at the bottom
- sourness on the surface
- salinity on the sides
Is this taste:
- light or heavy?
- round or triangle?
- is it sweet?
- is it fresh?
- is it dry?
- is it salty?
- How balanced?
- How intense?
- How long?
- How harmonious?
Take a few deep breaths with your mouth
Go on
S I G H T
I don't need eyes to see. I need vision.
Look at the candle
Defocus your sight Stay out of focus
Keep doing what you're doing Without focusing your eyes
Move slowly, touch gradually
Let go of control
Everything is safe Everything is supportive
Keep going
S O U N D
"You have to hear what you don't want to hear to know what you don't want to hear."
Listen to the sound
Deeper.. Layer by layer
- Voice - Music - Water - Rustles - Street - Breathing - City - Blood pressure in the ears
- Heartbeat
I N T E G R A T E
Keep the focus on all seven senses simultaneously:
- sense of time - sense of space - sense of touch - sense of smell - sense of taste - sense of sight - sense of sound
Return to them with attention, and gradually you will get two together, then three, four - and after a while your presence will spread in the seven dimensions of the reality perceived by the senses.
